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X-TREND: industry X.0 Twins, REality and Network eDge technologies research group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

X-TREND Research Group POSTER<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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PhD Students (current and alumni)<\/h4>\n\n\n
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PhD students<\/h4>
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\"\"<\/td>Name: Mr. Kyriakos Demeroukas<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Privacy-preserving deep reinforcement learning for AI resilience in the
edge\/cloud continuum
Recruitment: June 202<\/em>6
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mrs. Cosmina Stalidi<\/a> <\/strong>(Romania<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Explainable and adversarially robust Small Language Models for autonomous IoT Cyber Defense in Federated Edge environments
Recruitment: June 202<\/em>6
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mr. Dimitris Papadimitriou<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Machine reasoning for reconfiguration tasks planning in the edge\/cloud
continuum
Recruitment: May 202<\/em>6
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mr. Manousos Manouras<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: O-RAN xApp for low latency reconfiguration tasks planning
Recruitment: June 202<\/em>6
My Role: Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mrs. Daphne Panopoulou<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Big data analytics leveraging robust, trustworthy, and privacy by design enabled XAI models for Industry and Healthcare 4.0 applications<\/em>
Recruitment: May 2025<\/em>
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
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Name: Mr. Ioannis Vittorakis<\/a><\/strong> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Machine Learning Techniques for 3D positioning and 6D pose in estimation in Industry X.0 enviroments<\/em>
Recruitment: March 2024<\/em>
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"Melina<\/td>Name: Mrs. Melina Dolapsaki<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Machine Learning Techniques for 3D environment mapping and object detection with applications to Digital Twins<\/em>
Recruitment: December 2023<\/em><\/em>
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"Panagiotis<\/td>Name: Mr. Panagiotis Theodoropoulos<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Anonymization Techniques for Wireless Access Systems employing Distributed Ledger Technologies<\/em>
Recruitment: June 202<\/em>3
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"Panagiota<\/td>Name: Mrs. Panagiota Xepapadakou<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of Incentive Engineering Mechanisms in Blockchain-backed Data Networks<\/em>
Recruitment: November 202<\/em>3
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Mr. Klearchos Palias<\/a><\/strong> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Resource orchestration for massive connectivity at the network edge<\/em>
Recruitment: November 2021<\/em>
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Mrs. Anastasia Tsiota<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Reliable data transfer to multi-tier wireless networks with security and energy efficiency constraints<\/em>
Recruitment: January 2016<\/em>
My Role: Advisor at NKUA<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mr. Ioannis Stamoulias<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Area: Embedded Systems for Computer Vision Systems
Recruitment: August 2025<\/em>
My Role: Research Collaborate<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
*This is a list of PhD students that are currently active<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Alumni<\/h4>
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<\/td>Name: Mr. Salvatore Costanzo<\/a><\/strong> (Italy<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Software Defined Networks \/ Mobile Data Networks<\/em>
Period (approximation): 2012-2015<\/em>
Project: CROSSFIRE<\/a> (completed)
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA
Current Position (2023): Research Engineer Orange Labs, Paris – France<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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Name: Dr. <\/a>Rudraksh Shrivastava<\/a><\/strong> (India\/Germany<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Software Defined Networks \/ Mobile Data Networks<\/em>
Period (approximation): 2014<\/em>
Project: CROSSFIRE<\/a> (completed)
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> during his secondment at NKUA (from NEC)
Current Position (2023): Principal Researcher 6G & 3GPP RAN Delegate at SHARP Labs of America (SLA)<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Mrs. Vivian Papadopoulou<\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Distributed MIMO with analog-beamforming and self-contained transmissions<\/em>
Period: November 2020<\/em> – June 2021<\/em>
Project: SEMANTIC<\/a>
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA
Current Position (2023): Doctoral Researcher <\/em>Technical University of Munchen, Germany<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Mrs. Diana Zhussip<\/a> (Kazhakstan<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Resource orchestration for massive connectivity at the network edge<\/em>
Period: January 202<\/em>1 – September 2021<\/em>
Project: SEMANTIC<\/a>
My Role: Supervisor at Fogus Innovations and Services P.C.<\/em>
Current Position (2023): Systems Specifications Engineer, Nokia – Finland<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Mr. Yevhenii Osadchuk<\/a> (Ukraine<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Edge content placement and delivery in converged MEC\/RAN<\/em>
Period: December 2020<\/em> – August 2021<\/em>
Project: SEMANTIC<\/a>
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/em>
Current Position (2023): PhD Candidate at Technical University of Denmark<\/em>
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<\/td>Name: Mr. Ubaldo Bucci<\/a> (Italy<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: Resource Management for Flexible 5G RAN architecture<\/em>s
Period: December 2020<\/em> – August 2021<\/em>
Project: OPTIMIST<\/a>
My Role: Supervisor at Fogus Innovations and Services P.C., Committee Member of his PhD committee<\/em><\/em> at University of L’ Aquila<\/em>
Current Position (2023): NOKIA, Greece<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
NO PHOTO<\/td>Name: Mrs. Anna Zampati<\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis: AI\/ML techniques for Data Networks<\/em>
Period: December 2019- August 2021<\/em>
Project: RE-CENT<\/a>
My Role: Advisor\/Co-Supervisor at NKUA<\/em>
Current Position (2023): <\/em>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Name: Dr. Tadege Mighretu Ayenew<\/a><\/strong> (Ethiopia<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Fountain Coding Techniques for improving QoE in multi-tier heterogeneous networks<\/em>
Recruitment: November 2017<\/em>
Graduation: November 2023<\/em> (Cum Laude)
Project: SPOTLIGHT<\/a>
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
NO PHOTO<\/td>Name: Mr. Ayham Alyosef<\/a> <\/strong>(Syria<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Distributed MIMO with analog-beamforming and self-contained transmissions<\/em>
Period: May 2022<\/em> -July 2024
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
NO PHOTO<\/td>Name: Mr. Vasileios Gretsistas<\/a><\/strong> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Edge content placement and delivery in converged MEC\/RAN<\/em>
Period: February 2022<\/em>-July 2024
My Role: Advisor\/Co-supervisor at NKUA<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Name: Mr. Konstantinos Filopoulos<\/strong><\/a> (Greece<\/em>)
PhD Thesis Title: Big data analytics leveraging credible and privacy-preserving XAI models towards Healthcare 4.0 \/ Industry 4.0
Recruitment: June 2024<\/em>-March 2025
My Role: Supervisor<\/em> at NKUA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

BSc\/MSc students – Department of Digital Industry Technologies (2022-ongoing)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starting due by my election as Assistant Professor at the Department of Digital Industry Technologies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in April 2022, I have been actively engaged in guiding young students during their theses and internships. Some of current and alumni students include: Mr. Periklis Tsiantoulis & Mrs. Efi Tsasioti (BSc thesis on Engine Digital Twins and Predictive Maintenance), Ms. Athanasia Lambrou<\/a> & Mr. Andreas Parros (BSc thesis on Mobile Apps for Indoor Navigation), Ms. Ariadne Manifava<\/a> (BSc thesis on Online Platforms for Industry-Academia Cooperation), Mr. Panagiotis Kourtis<\/a> (BSc thesis on Deceptive Digital Twins), Mr. Enrik Paloka<\/a> (BSc thesis on OpenStack\/Kubernetes), Mr. Nikolaos Chougiouris<\/a> (BSc thesis on Cybersecurity), Mr. Theofanis Kantzaris<\/a> (BSc thesis on Cybersecurity), Mrs. Aikaterini Stamataki (BSc thesis on 3D pose estimation). During my carreer, I have also supervised 10+ internships of our NKUA Students to the Private Sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BSc\/MSc students – Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of NKUA (2009-ongoing)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since 2009 I have supervised more than 50 Bachelor and Master theses at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Some of the alumni students include: Mrs. Athanasia Aggeli<\/a>, Mrs. Dimitra Charaklia<\/a>, Mrs. Anastasia Tsiota<\/a>, Mrs. Vasiliki Ntarzanou<\/a>, Mrs. Katerina Karachaliou<\/a>, Mr. Manolis Marinos<\/a>, Mr. Panagiotis Alexios Giannopoulos, Mr. Vasilis Spyropoulos, Mr. Grigorios Kakkavas<\/a>, Mr. Nikos Iliadis, Mrs. Dimitra Leroutsou, Mrs. Marievi Xezonaki<\/a>, Mrs. Dionysia Kalogeropoulou<\/a>, Mr. Ioanna Karametou<\/a>, Mrs. Ioanna Manousaki, Mr. Panagiotis Tzagkarakis<\/a>, Mr. Dimitrios Kyriakidis<\/a>, Mrs. Aikaterini Kosti<\/a>, Mrs. Konstantina Roussou<\/a>, Mr. Nikos Episkopos<\/a>, Mr. Charalambos Papadopoulos, Mrs. Efi Dodekatou<\/a>, Mr. George Trachanas<\/a>, Mr. Ioanna Vrettou, Mr. Konstantinos Mihelis, Mr. Christos Koulis<\/a>, Mr. Michael Kopsiaftis, Mr. Elias Tziviskos, Mrs. Valia Georgara<\/a>, Mr. Giorgos Kourouniotis<\/a>, Mr. Ilias Orfanos, Mr. Ameen Alfiza<\/a>, Mr. Ahmadjon Rajabov<\/a>, Mr. Leonidas Nasiopoulos<\/a>, Mrs. Ioanna Giannikou, Mr. Andreas Zarmpis<\/a>, Mr. I. Christou, Mr. Ioannis Kandiros<\/a>, Mrs. Danai Dimitrakopoulou<\/a>, Mrs. Andromachi Venieri<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following my involvement as Principal Investigator in ongoing EU- and Nationally-funded projects, my team includes different persons that are not actively enrolled in an MSc or PhD programme at NKUA, yet, they are active members of our research and software development team. Current core team members include: Mr. Aias Sotiropoulos<\/a> (Game Developer) and Mrs. Ioanna Friki<\/a> (Discource Analysis \/ Linguistics). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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